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3141 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 2b.36
… purely legal development (see further below,IV, andOP, passim).
3142 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 3.3
… of legal style is that it should be clear and unambiguous to contemporaries, and today no judgment can be offered on that head. There is, however, one feature …
3143 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.36
… a legal phrase--to their fathers who had persecuted the righteous, "from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah" ( Matthew 23:35 ).
3144 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.50
This legality of the Christian faith was illustrated and enforced by the fact that when Paul's case was heard and decided by the supreme court of appeal …
3145 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.52
… : The legal decisions which were favorable to the Christian faith were soon overturned on the occasion of the great fire in Rome, which occurred in July, 64 …
3146 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.64
… under legal prosecution, several cases occurred. An anonymous information was laid before me, containing the names of many persons. Those who denied that …
3147 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the First Epistle of.43
… to legal proceedings. It is unbelievers who revile and slander and denounce the people of God in the provinces.
3148 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pharisees.36
… any legal contamination, distinguishing themselves by their care in such matters from the common people, the `am ha'arets, who had fewer scruples. Like the …
3149 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pharisees.56
… the legal Sabbath day's journey of the place he wished to reach, bread and water; this point was now to be regarded as the limit of his house, and consequently …
3150 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philippi.9
… were legally exempt from scourging, which was regarded as a degradation ( 1 Thessalonians 2:2 ), and the wrong was aggravated by the publicity of the punishment …
3151 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philippians, the Epistle to The.36
… his legal righteousness. He claimed to be blameless as judged by their standard. That was his record. Who has any better one, in pedigree or in piety? All of these …
3152 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pilate; Pontius.25
… , a Legal Monograph, 1899; and for the historical background, Schurer,HJP .
3153 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pisidia.5
… the legal recognition of Christianity under Constantine.
3154 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Plead.2
… non-legal English is a synonym of "pray" or "beseech," but in legal phraseology "plea," "plead," and "pleading" have a great variety of technical meanings, with "present …
3155 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Plead.3
… specific legal sense) in Deuteronomy 17:8. the King James Version uses "implead" in Acts 19:38 for egkaleo, the Revised Version (British and American) "accuse," literally …
3156 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Praetorian Guard.5
… his legal assessors (see Mommsen, Berlin Akad. Sitzungsber., 1895, 501; Ramsay, Paul the Traveler and the Rein Citizen, 357; Workman, Persecution in the Early Church …
3157 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priest, High.21
… adjudicating legal questions ( Deuteronomy 17:12 ). When there was no divinely-inspired leader, the high priest was the chief ruler till the time of David and …
3158 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priesthood.14
… rigid legalism, with its intolerable burdens, became dominant, all liberty of worship and spontaneous service largely disappeared. The religious life …
3159 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priests and Levites.21
VI. LEGAL PROVISIONS
3160 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priests and Levites.30
… the legal provisions. In outline the story of the priesthood is then as follows: Moses consecrated Aaron and his sons as the priests of the desert tabernacle …